In 2015, Mr Taur Matan Ruak was the general in the Timorese army. in Tetun
Iha 2015, Sr Taur Matan Ruak mak jenerál F-fdtl nian iha Timor.
English → Tetun phrasebook
Grammar in this phrase
Focus
mak — focus marker
mak'mak' focuses the preceding constituent — used when English would bold or cleft ('it was X who...'). Also forms the superlative with 'liu'.
Possession
nia / nian — possession
nian'nia' goes BEFORE the thing possessed; 'nian' goes AFTER. Both function the same way; position decides which form. 'nia' is also the 3rd-person pronoun (he / she / it) — disambiguate by position.
More patterns like these in the Tetun grammar guide.
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Related phrases
- Prezidente Repúblika, Francisco Guterres Lú Olo, fó tomada dé pose ba oitavu governu konstitusionál, ne'ebé lidera hosi primeiru ministru Taur Matan Ruak, iha fulan Juñu tinan 2018.The President of the Republic, Francisco Guterres Lú Olo, swore in the eighth government, which is led by prime minister Taur Matan Ruak, in June 2018.
- F-fdtl sira simu orden hosi Brigadeiru Jenerál hodi kaptura ema ne'ebé kaer kilat ilegál.The East Timorese military have received orders from the brigadier general capture people who have illegal guns.
- Ha'u nia nasionalidade Timorense.My nationality is Timorese.
- Ema Timor-leste maioria relijiaun Katólika.Most Timorese are Catholic.
- Kompatriotas povu Timor oan tomak, ...My compatriots fellow Timorese, ...
- Ha'u gosta rona múzika Timor.I love to listen to Timorese music.